"The attributes of excellence all depend on communications skills and sensitivity to people. Everything we do depends on the successful transfer of meaning from one person to another."

Robert Smith
Former chairman and CEO of General Motors

Every professional has enormous demands placed on their communications skills. Saying what you "mean" succinctly, authoritatively, and convincingly to one employee, a room of coworkers, or five hundred clients, is a skill that is best acquired and developed through a skilled communicator and coach. Whether you have a particular speech or presentation to develop or just need some help to fine tune your public speaking skills, our professional speech consultants can work one-on-one with you to transform your ideas and visions into a clear, influential, engaging, persuasive message. Why is this so important?

One-on-One Personal Sessions

Private executive speech coaching sessions will be uniquely tailored to the client's needs and goals. Our one-on-one training offers professional analysis of your public speaking abilities and key insights into your strengths and weaknesses. We are recognized for our ability to quickly discover an executive's communication potential, spot the problems that stand in the way, and correct them.

What To Expect

The process begins with a conversation between a corporate speech coach , Bill Wheless or Sherry Wyatt, and the client to set goals and to determine what areas to address. The client may be asked to return a pre-meeting assessment to help us prepare. Our work together is done at our clients' location.1/2day (up to 3 hours), 1 day (up to 6 hours)

The client will come prepared to present a presentation to be critiqued. It can be a presentation actually coming up, one that has been done in the past, or one that is representative of the kind of presentation he or she is called upon to give in the course of their responsibilities. To be most valuable, it should be as "real world" as possible. Sometimes, clients will bring a DVD of a past presentation, and the client and corporate speech coach will view that together, in addition to having the client present "live". We will address the message as well as the delivery style of the presenter. The practice sessions may be recorded so the client can observe how they are coming across and what the corporate speech coach is pointing out.

The client takes from the executive speech coaching session not only specific ideas on how to improve their communication skills, but also an invitation to call us whenever they have a question or encounter a communication issue they would like to discuss.

Some clients find just one session is all that is necessary to put them on the path of continuous improvement while others request our coaching anytime they have a high-stakes presentation to deliver.

Areas We May Address:

~Building goals and purpose for every speech and presentation

~How to organize your remarks so they are logically and persuasively delivered

~How to engage your audience from the start and keep them listening

~How to effectively use props and visual aids such as handouts and PowerPoint

~How to be natural while adding energy and personality to your presentation

~Adding expressive gestures and strengthening your body language

~Discovering and eliminating personal habits and distractions that may have a negative effect on your presentation

~Assessing and improving your vocal abilities

~Improving eye contact, poise, and presence

~Your general appearance including hair, makeup, clothing, jewelery, and posture

"I honestly believe that the time that I have spent under your instruction will be some of the most important and valuable training that I will receive in my career."

Richard C. Coggins,

Chief Financial Officer

Span-America Medical Systems